Design Engineer

Design Engineer

Were looking for a dependable Design Engineer who will support our Madison WI facility that thrives in a fastpaced manufacturing environment and takes pride in transforming customer needs into innovative thermoformed packaging solutions. If youre skilled in CAD design product development and crossfunctional collaboration - and ready to make an impact - this is a great opportunity to grow your engineering career.

Compensation

• Commensurate with experience the range is $70000 $85000 annually.

Work Schedule

• Onsite: 8 AM 5 PM Monday - Friday

Why Placon Youll Love It Here

• A handson technical role where your design and problemsolving skills truly matter
• Opportunities to grow your skills in product development tooling design and customer collaboration
• A supportive manufacturing environment with modern CAD tools 3D printing and advanced technology
• Competitive pay great benefits and a stable onsite MondayFriday schedule
• A culture focused on safety quality and continuous improvement

What Youll Do

• Partner with Sales and Account Managers to provide technical support and present design solutions
• Lead ideation concept development and product design for customer projects
• Create complex 2D/3D CAD models drawings and specifications for products and tooling
• Integrate thermoforming and manufacturing knowledge into all design work
• Ensure tooling specifications and performance standards are met by collaborating with Pricing Process Engineering and tooling vendors
• Support process engineering and production teams with tooling development and optimization
• Approve parts and maintain specification databases
• Review and initiate engineering change orders for customer and production updates
• Support corrective action efforts and evaluate financial impacts of design changes
• Provide design support for existing tooling through the work order system
• Comply with all safety ISO and documentation procedures

What You Bring

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field with 3 years of product/tool design experience OR Associate degree with 7 years of plastics industry design experience
• Proficiency in 2D and 3D CAD systems
• Strong communication skills and customerfocused mindset
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work independently
• Experience with thermoforming or plastics manufacturing preferred
• Knowledge of quality systems and controlled documentation
• Strong problemsolving multitasking and analytical skills
• Ability to use standard office software ERP systems and QMS tools
• Ability to lift 1050 lbs. and work in office sample lab and manufacturing environments
• Minimal travel (less than 5%) to customers vendors and tradeshows

Does this sound like you

If you feel that this job is what youre looking for applying is a piece of cake - just follow the instructions on this page. Good luck!

Placon employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a pre-employment drug test basic physical background check educational verification and reference checks (as applicable).

Placon requires that employees have and maintain authorization to work in the country in which the role is general Placon does not sponsor candidates for non-immigrant visas or permanent residency unless based on business need.

Placon is committed to equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression marital status age national origin disability veteran status genetic information or other protected characteristics.

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